U18 League

Purple Arena
Spectators: 178 (Terracing: 134, Seating: 41, VIP seats: 3) Valeriy Chirkov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. With a little luck, Arsenal F.C.'s Pavel Chabanov got control of the ball when Carel Tilemans tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Arsenal F.C.'s Eduard Florianov got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 5th minute, Arsenal F.C.'s goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Cederique De Kepper fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 8thth minute of the game Cederique De Kepper who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Arsenal F.C.'s Pavel Chabanov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Purple Talents's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Remco Van Der Elst in the 9th minute. A nice corner shot did that Thibaud Theuniers got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pavel Chabanov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Thibaud Theuniers lost his temper 16 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 30 minutes into the match, Purple Talents's goal looked a bit too open when Eduard Florianov came free, but Michael Campens reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 32 minutes into the match, Arsenal F.C.'s goalkeeper Pavel Chabanov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cederique De Kepper. Cederique De Kepper sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Michael Campens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valeriy Gribin, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Cederique De Kepper could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Pavel Chabanov made a huge save.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lieven Omblets to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Arsenal F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Cederique De Kepper came free, but Pavel Chabanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eduard Florianov kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Cederique De Kepper sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pavel Chabanov came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Purple Talents's Lieven Omblets. But to his dismay, Lieven Omblets quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Leonid Filimonov kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Cederique De Kepper recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Emiel Reijniers's late challenge caught a Arsenal F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emiel Reijniers helped the player get up and apologised. Michael Campens took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eduard Florianov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pavel Chabanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lieven Omblets, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. The supporters of Purple Talents booed when Arsenal F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valeriy Gribin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pavel Chabanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Levi Audenaert, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Michael Campens made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Valeriy Chirkov sent off a good shot on target. 88 minutes into the game, Lieven Omblets was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Purple Talents's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Arsenal F.C. the free kick. The supporters of Arsenal F.C. booed when Purple Talents was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lieven Omblets didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 89 minutes, Arkadiy Svetlov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arsenal F.C. and the Purple Talents players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Arsenal F.C. getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Arkadiy Svetlov hit a great ball. In the 91st minute, one of Arsenal F.C.:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Arsenal F.C.. The referee gave Purple Talents a penalty, 93 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Carel Tilemans, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Arsenal F.C.'s Pavel Chabanov. 3-1. Purple Talents's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.